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Understanding and acting on the developmental origins of health and disease in Africa would improve health across generations

Norris, S.A.; Daar, A.; Balasubramanian, D.; Byass, P.; Kimani-Murage, E.; Macnab, A.; Pauw, C.; Singhal, A.; Yajnik, C.; Akazili, J.; Levitt, N.; Maatoug, J.; Mkhwanazi, N.; Moore, S.E.; Nyirenda, M.; Pulliam, J.R.C.; Rochat, T.J.; Said-Mohamed, R.; Seedat, S.; Sobngwi, E.; Tomlinson, M.; Toska, E.; van Schalkwyk, C. (2017-09-22)

Data from many high- and low- or middle-income countries have linked exposures during key developmental periods (in particular pregnancy and infancy) to later health and disease. Africa faces substantial challenges with ...
The Amagugu intervention: a qualitative investigation into maternal experiences and perspectives of a maternal HIV disclosure support intervention in rural South Africa

Mkwanazi, N.B.; Rochat, T.J.; Bland, R.M. (2017-09-22)

The World Health Organization recommends disclosure of parental HIV to children aged 6???12 years. The maternal HIV-disclosure intervention (Amagugu), a lay counsellor-led, home-based intervention with six sessions, was ...
Traditional health practitioners' management of HIV/AIDS in rural South Africa in the era of widespread antiretroviral therapy

Zuma, T.; Wright, D.; Rochat, T.; Moshabela, M. (2017-09-22)

Traditional health practitioners (THPs) have been identified as a key local resource in the fight against human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in South Africa. However, their approaches ...
Cohort profile: the Siyakhula cohort, rural South Africa

Rochat, T.J.; Houle, B.; Stein, A.; Pearson, R.M.; Newell, M.L.; Bland, R.M. (2017-09-22)

Each year millions of children in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) fail to reach their developmental potential due to factors including poverty, malnutrition, poor stimulation and HIV. Although vertically-acquired ...
First trimester antenatal depression and anxiety: prevalence and associated factors in an urban population in Soweto, South Africa

Redinger, S.; Norris, S.A.; Pearson, R.M.; Richter, L.; Rochat, T. (2017-09-22)

Depression and anxiety in the antenatal period are of public health concern given potential adverse effects for both mother and infant. Both are under-researched in the first trimester of pregnancy, especially in Africa. ...
Compromised success potential of South African co-operatives due to lack of credible data

Twalo, T. (2017-09-22)

Co-operatives in South Africa are meant to address job creation and poverty challenges. However, they do not seem to be successful because of human, systemic and structural factors. The government's efforts to address ...
Prevalence of loneliness and associated factors among older adults in South Africa

Phaswana-Mafuya, N.; Peltzer, K. (2017-09-21)

Loneliness can be detrimental to health. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of loneliness as well as its risk factors in older adults in South Africa. This cross-sectional population based study investigated ...
Challenging heteronormative scripts through film and transformative pedagogy among TVET college students

Ngidi, N.D.; Dlamini, M.A.C. (2017-09-21)

We describe an initiative aimed at addressing homophobia and destabilising heteronormativity in higher education. The initiative was implemented in 2014 at a Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college in ...
Diversity in basic education in South Africa: intersectionality and critical diversity literacy

Reygan, F.; Steyn, M. (2017-09-21)

The notion of essentialised racial difference was a keystone of apartheid education which served to cement white supremacy in South Africa. More recently there is a need for socially-just education that requires a robust ...
Transboundary water cooperation: taking stock and looking forward

Saruchera, D.; Lautze, J.; Mwale, J.; Chikozho, C.; Shela, O.N. (Routledge, 2017-09-21)

This chapter reviews the evolution of interstate cooperation in the Zambezi, assesses the benefits and risks for intensifying cooperation, and proposes ways to catalyse cooperation.
The impact of health on labour force participation in South Africa

Nwosu, C.O.; Woolard, I. (2017-09-21)

This paper estimates the effect of self-assessed health (SAH) on labour force participation (LFP) in South Africa. This is motivated by a high disease burden and declining LFP in South Africa during the study period. Data ...
The secret art of the Bambui Royal Treasury, Western Grassfields, Cameroon.

Fubah, M.A. (Routledge, 2017-09-21)
Perceived mHealth barriers and benefits for home-based HIV testing and counseling and other care: qualitative findings from health officials, community health workers, and persons living with HIV in South Africa

Van Heerden, A.; Harris, D.M.; Van Rooyen, H.; Barnabas, R.V.; Ramanathan, N.; Ngcobo, N.; Mpiyakhe, Z.; Comulada, W.S. (2017-09-19)

mHealth has been proposed to address inefficiencies in the current South African healthcare system, including home-based HIV testing and counseling (HTC) programs. Yet wide-scale adoption of mHealth has not occurred. Even ...
Poverty, AIDS and child health: identifying highest-risk children in South Africa

Cluver, L.; Boyes, M.; Orkin, M.; Sherr, L. (2017-09-19)

Identifying children at the highest risk of negative health effects is a prerequisite to effective public health policies in Southern Africa. A central ongoing debate is whether poverty, orphanhood or parental AIDS most ...
Shutting the gates in South Africa: national identification and popular attitudes towards closing borders to immigration

Gordon, S.L. (2017-09-19)

More than a hundred thousand people crisscross South Africa's international borders annually. Public opinion on this cross-border migration is decidedly hostile. According to a 2013 opinion poll, more than three-fifths of ...
Voting then, voting now: the long-term consequences of participation in South Africa's first democratic election

de Kadt, D. (2017-09-19)

In a developing democracy, can elections change the behavior of participating citizens? I study the effect of voting in South Africa's first democratic election in 1994 on future voting and present evidence of the lasting ...
Marriage and cohabitation in South Africa: an enriching explanation?

Moore, E.; Govender, R. (2017-09-19)

This paper examines the relative impact of cultural attitudes (attitudes towards cohabitation) on the likelihood of an individual marrying or cohabitating. More we are interested in understanding whether or not differences ...
Estimating the impact of sericulture adoption on farmer income in Rwanda: an application of propensity score matching

Habiyaremye, A. (2017-09-19)

The adoption of an agricultural technology is often seen as a way to overcome the constraints imposed by the existing resources and/or production methods. As a small landlocked country, Rwanda sought to develop the capability ...
Facilitating access to adolescent sexual and reproductive health services through legislative reform: lessons from the South African experience

Strode, A.; Essack, Z. (2017-09-18)

South Africa (SA) has progressive legislation enabling adolescents to access various sexual- and reproductive-health services (SRH) independently, without consent from parents or legal guardians. This article reviews the ...
How do foreign firms' corruption practices affect innovation performance in host countries?: industry-level evidence from transition economies

Habiyaremye, A.; Raymond, W. (2017-09-18)

Using data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS), this article investigates how foreign firms' involvement in corruption practices affects the innovation behaviour and performance of their ...

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